[tilde] character not in CLI

I just installed CLI from the alternate hardy heron ubuntu iso. I was going to add the necessary repositories to install LXDE from the PCMan’s repository. The only problem was that my keyboard did not want to type the character [tilde]=~.
My workaround
From my main install, I created and uploaded a file called [tilde.txt] which contained [...]

Conky - X system monitor

A beautifull, lightweight, highly customizable X-system monitor - Conky. Works on my Xfce and LXDE Xubuntu install.
Add to Start-up Applications “$ conky -d”, which in Xubuntu will be located here: ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.9.4
Type=Application
Name=Conky Monitor
Comment=System Monitor
Exec=conky -d
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false
Hidden=false
My ~/.conkyrc (borrowed mostly from a post on ubuntuforums.org): :
background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont HandelGotD:size=9
xftalpha 0.5
update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0
own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
double_buffer yes
minimum_size [...]

LXDE - Desktop Environment

I am sold - there is no way I am going back! The LXDE is just amazing!
LXDE is a full desktop environment with OpenBox as window-manager. And believe me - it’s fast! My first run was under Xubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Latitude P4 1.8GHz 1GB ram. It handles Gnome, KDE, Xfce pretty well with [...]

Change Usplash

I had to try - and it worked perfectly! I got tired of the Xubuntu-usplash loader - then I found this:
http://u-fingerprint.sourceforge.net/
Works like a charm - nice to look at too Need to edit your grub file - at your own risk! I installed the startupmanager as a workaround. There I am able to change [...]

Open a Firefox-url with an application in Wine

Scenario
I want to view a .lin file with the BBO-client, installed in wine under linux, when I click a link to a .lin file in Firefox.
Create a script which is used as a launcher in Firefox - example openlin.sh
#!/bin/bash
loc=”C:\\bbo\\NetBridgeVu.exe”
par=`winepath -w “$*”`
wine “$loc” “$par”
exit 0
Be sure to make it executable chmod +x openlin.sh.
Next time you [...]

Distros

A couple of distros have recently caught my attention.

Wolvix - a LiveDistro run from cd or usbflash
OzOs - ubuntu-based distro using the e17 wm/de

I will make a test run of these in VirtualBox under my current Ubuntu 8.04 beta.
Wolvix
This surprised me! A slackware based LiveDistro which comes in two version; cub - the smallest of [...]

Canon LBP2900 setup

This howto sets up my LBP2900. A couple of easy steps - and voila.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardwareSupportComponentsPrinters/CanonPrinters/Canon_LBP_2900
Added:
The ccpd-deamon keeps crashing if the printer is not turned on. I just need to restart the daemon from the command-line for printing to work.
$ sudo /etc/init.d/ccpd start

Extract icon from win-binary

I wanted to use an icon in a windows exe-file. I extractet the ico-file by using a tool called wrestool. It was found in a package, which was easily installed:
sudo apt-get install icoutils
I extracted the ico with this command:

wrestool -x –output=. -t14 file.exe

I could then easily convert the file to whatever, and place the file [...]

Epiphany browser

Gnome’s Epiphany webbrowser uses the Gecko engine - Mozilla’s engine used in Firefox. It is lightweight and actually faster than Firefox.

Mirage Image-viewer

Easy, lightweight, easy, and did I say lightweight?
Excellent image viewer with basic functions as resize, crop, rotate, slideshow etc. Picassa was my favorite on w…..s, but it has gotten some bugs when run under linux with Wine. This is a perfect replacement for me.
Mirage homepage